Seras frowned as she saw the door to her room coming up ahead; her narrowed eyes widened so she could look up at him as she turned her head to him.
"She will find a way, I can tell...She will..."
Alucard looked at her through the slight waft of bangs over his eyes, giving him somewhat of an evil appearance. Smiling lightly at her, his hand stayed in place on her arm until he moved it, draping his long arm over her shoulders.
"Hmmm...Seras, I do not think anything she could do could hurt me (besides not being with you)...And I won't let her do anything to you...how could I live with myself if I did?" He winced slightly as his side and stomach hurt a little; as the pain resided he started to calm down. Seras blinked her eyes up, straining to see him so high up. She pondered whether or not she could use a stepladder to look up at him easier.
The side of her face slid to a half smile; she had nothing to say, and she stared at the door that was steadily approaching as they continued their slow pace.
"Master..." She said quietly.
Alucard, who was still practically hunched over her as they walked, felt not only the pain in his side, but became aware of how parched his throat felt, and how his stomach twisted in hunger. He looked straight ahead, now noticing that the door was a step away.
"Hmmm...Seras..." He opened the door and she helped him sit on the bed, helping him to relax. He looked up at her; his face was no longer concealed in the darkness of his bangs. "...Do not be too angry with Integra...I know it's bad, but she is the master..."
Seras grumbled, running a hand through her hair quickly to ease her nerves as she stood. She closed her eyes with her right hand resting over her right eye absentmindedly; the fingers parted slightly so she could see between them if she opened her eye(s).
"I will try not to, Master." She obeyed, as he was her master after all. Integra's words had, indeed, gotten to her.
With his arm still slung around her shoulders he stared dazedly at the floor.
"...Seras..." He looked at her sidelong as he remembered that she, too, had some experience during that night of her own; he could hardly believe that it was all in the same night. "How are you doing from your ordeal?"
Seras opened her eyes, looking through her hand for a minute, then dropped it and turned her head lazily.
"To be honest...I feel a little drained." She was going to say that she was fine, as to not appear weak to her master...but...
Alucard knew what she meant; he wasn't exactly well either...and his stomach was even worse off. Being hit on an empty stomach was pretty painful. He had difficulty focusing on her as he spoke.
"Hmmm...Well, we should get some rest..." He looked at the bed below him, getting an idea and seemingly erasing his previous idea from his head. "...But how about something to drink first? You said that you, yourself, were drained...mwahahaha..."
"Hmm..." She mindlessly looked down at her stomach as if to realize it was there and existed, and patted it once. "...Okay."
He didn't feel much like getting up, because knowing him, he would never make it down again; his mouth formed a grin and spoke in a semi-insane voice.
"One blood wine and two chasers coming up..." He extended his left arm, the one that was not hung about Seras. A moment later his eyes lit up, the sigil on the back of his glove complied with a burning red that matched. After a minute or so, a wine bottle filled with blood appeared in his once-empty hand and he put it on the floor. Following suit were two glasses, which were rather large in size this time around, and a shaker.
"Blood, martini-style...he he he..."
Seras watched him with mild interest.
"Hmmmmm? That sounds good..." She sat on her knees on the floor in front of the bottle; her interest rising as she picked it up and examined it like a child with a new toy.
"Very convenient." She said, referring to his do-all gloves.
In both hands he held the two large glasses, the shaker by his feet, and the bottle in Seras' hands (whom seemed all too interested in it). Before he did anything, he placed the glasses down on the floor; flinging off his mushroom hat like a frisbee with one hand he took off his red-tinged glasses with the other to get a better view of Seras.
"...Much better...Now Seras, I'll show you the real fun you can have with blood...mwahahaha..." He took up the bottle from her hands, as she held it out for him to take, and poured some blood into the shaker, which was somehow already filled with another strong, alcoholic substance.
He twisted the cap back as if it were nothing, giving the air that he had done this before and started shaking it fairly fast.
"Hmmm...I like mine shaken, not stirred."
Seras watched eagerly, noticing not the clear stuff in the shaker. Alucard shook it one last time, which for some reason looked really weird as he was doing it with one hand.
Afterwards, he twisted the cap off and poured the blood into the two deep cups; he picked up the shaker and overturned it's contents into the two of the glasses and put it back down.
He looked at the blood in his cup, stirring it around a little, then stirred Seras' as an afterthought.
"Hmm...Just how I remember it..." He looked at Seras, remembering that she had never had such a thing. "...Oh, it may be a bit strong at first, but you'll get the hang of it after the second sip...hehehe..." Seras eyed the up, then him.
"Okay..." She picked it up and then stared into it with one eye closed; shrugging, she took a sip cautiously. Alucard watched her; interested that she even tried it, grinning. Taking a big swig out of his cup, he held it and swirled it in his mouth for a few seconds before letting it slide slowly down his throat. His eyes started to turn a little redder; his face a little more vivid.
"Ahh...I haven't had a drinking partner since..." He stopped to think hard. "...At least since 1652...A saddening year...ah, well...cheers." He raised his glass. She was a little surprised at this, but nevertheless she raised her glass as high as she could go to collide with her master's.
"Cheers, master!" She liked the unusual taste of it, it tasting much, much different than the medical blood. She took another sip, though bigger than the first as she was as hungry as all hell.
He watched her drink, then glared down at his own cup for a moment, and drank a good portion of it himself. As he knew how he was the last time from consuming the altered blood, he hoisted himself down off the bed; Seras was on the ground anyways.
He moved the shaker and the bottle to the side to avoid sitting on them, coming down onto the floor hard with a thud; placing his back up against the coffin he extended his legs into a relaxed position. Seras, to his right, was still sitting on her legs; he eyed her like that, his face slightly redder...it was hardly noticeable.
"Hmm...Isn't it annoying to sit like that, Seras?"
Seras wasn't used to this kind of tasting blood; she turned her head, her eyes a little fuzzy at first. It took a moment for him to focus in.
"Not really, you don't feel it after awhile...but because you mention it..." She sat the same way her master did, almost imitating him in a strange way; she even held her cup the same way he did, and she laughed. "You're right, this is better."
Alucard looked dazedly at the floor, then up to Seras. His eyes, even though a little 'out-of-it,' still flickered; he was still himself, just a little not quite there (which is fairly normal for him). He smiled greatly in appreciation at her new pose; an imitation of himself.
"Mwahahaha...Do I really look like that? ...Ahh...To think I should never drink again."
She slouched and put on a strange, and rather scary looking, face that her master usually was seen wearing, then took a big sip from her glass and held it back in it's place she held it at before. After a few minutes she raised her lead back to normal and grinned, laughing at herself.
He watched in amusement as he dipped his glass to his mouth again, making there very little left in his cup. His eyes flickered jokingly, laughing hysterically at her imitation (which he though was probably the crappiest thing ever: thus hysterical.).
"That's not it, Seras..." Then he surprised everyone in the room, namely himself and Seras and sat up more, his back not resting against the coffin bed; bringing his arms in, he left his glass on the floor. He brought in his legs to sit on his knees as Seras did a few minutes ago and stared out dumbly, a little off-balance; he used his arms to balance himself strangely, trying to make his face mirror her normal questioning expression, which did NOT suit him at all.
"How do I look, Seras, as you? Heh hehe..."
Master definitely should not drink anymore.
Her brain was just about mish-mosh; her eyes widening at Alucard and she wondered...or tried to, at least...what indeed they were drinking! I mean, even her master was a little off...
She started laughing insanely, taking another sip, and leaving about one more gulp left at the bottom.
"Almost as bad as I tried to be you...and that was pretty bad, wasn't it?"
AN: More weirdness---followed by Hentai goodness coming up ^_^ Just as you ordered...big chapter 5-0 coming up!! Thanks for sticking with the story so faithfully ^_^ *high five to all* (now, that doesn't mean you can stop now...)